HIST 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Vladimir Putin, Liberal Democracy, Arab Spring
Document Summary
Hopes and challenges in the early 21st century. Francis fukaya new reality of the world, end of cold war suggested that world has finally achieved what we wanted to have: democracy, free educations End of history idea after 9/11 terrorist attacks, the war that took place and the constant struggle in. China being a power block economically but still being a controlling government questions liberal democracy. Usa decided to regime change in iraq before 9/11: new american power. Failure of war and led to chaos 3 way civil war in iraq (sunni, shite, kurds) Led to large american casualties: decline of american moral authority. Proof of brutality and seeking power and domination. Not sure who is allies with who and if anything could occur. Vladimir putin reasserted russia as the greatest power tried to destabilize nations in order to do so: power may break european union.
